“The numbers of Australians in Lebanon are beyond the capacity of the government to provide assistance to all”, foreign affairs minister Penny Wong said.
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00:00You would have heard me calling for many months now for Australians who are in Lebanon to return home.
00:07You would, I hope, have heard me say, and the Prime Minister and other Ministers,
00:12that we would urge dual nationals, Australian citizens, permanent residents,
00:18to take commercial options whilst they were still available.
00:23Whilst we are doing what we can to prepare contingency arrangements,
00:29the numbers of Australians in Lebanon are beyond the capacity of the Government
00:34to provide assistance to all.
00:38There are very large numbers of Australians in Lebanon,
00:41which is why we again say to any Australian who is in Lebanon,
00:46what we have been saying for months,
00:49which is you should return home as soon as you are able to
00:53whilst commercial options are still available if they are.
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